Beshear joins lawsuit to defend Obamacare cost-sharing subsidies; D.C. appeals court to consider request Monday

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear and 15 of his counterparts have filed a motion aimed at maint...

Low-income adults in Medicaid expansion in Kentucky and Arkansas report better health and medical care, study finds

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two states that expanded Medicaid through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act showed a 41...

Liberal-leaning group says that if Senate passes House health bill, or big parts of it, results will be dire for millions in rural America

Photo: businessinsider.com People who have health insurance through the Medicaid expansion are at great risk of losing their coverage if the...

McConnell says all Senate Republicans are working on health bill, invites Democrats to join them

McConnell used a graphic on the floor to drive home his point. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that all Republican senat...

Senate's health bill could vary significantly from House's; process will be a test of McConnell's relationship with Trump

Photo by Mark Wilson, Getty Images What will the U.S. Senate, led by Kentucky's Mitch McConnell, do with the health legislation that the...

House sends Senate bill that would abolish Medicaid expansion and open door to higher premiums for pre-existing conditions

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The health-care bill passed Thursday by House Republicans would end the expansion of Medicaid in 2020, limi...

Proposed changes in Medicaid, especially making beneficiaries earn dental and vision benefits, alarm them and health advocates

Family Health Centers in Louisville built a dental clinic after Medicaid expanded; under proposed changes people in the expansion would have...

Free webinar on impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Kentucky scheduled for Thursday, April 27

(Image from NeighborWorks.org ) The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky will offer a free webinar, "Impacts of Implementation of the Aff...

Work requirements for Medicaid expansion would affect relatively few people; most are already working or would be exempt

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Requests by Kentucky and other states to require "able-bodied" Medicaid beneficiaries to w...

How Medicaid came to cover 1 in 3 people in Ky., 1 in 5 in U.S., and how it could be changed despite health bill's failure

Medicaid is the main reason many more people have health insurance, especially in Kentucky. These New York Times maps are interactive, with ...

Health bill seems dead for this year, but changes are likely anyway in Medicaid and perhaps in private, subsidized insurance

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News What does the failure of the bill to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, bet...

The divide between dentistry and medicine can have deadly consequences; policymakers are getting more interested

(Photo from ancienthistorybulletin.ca ) As anyone who has ever mistakenly thought that medical insurance would cover their visit to the dent...

After meeting with Trump, Rep. Andy Barr tells town meeting that he will vote 'enthusiastically' for Republican health-reform bill

Lexington Herald-Leader video A day after meeting with President Trump, Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr of Lexington told constituents Satur...

New Medicaid boss, mentor Pence and Trump seek changes in program like some Bevin has asked her agency to approve for Ky.

Seema Verma  ( Getty Images ) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The newly confirmed director of the nation's Medicaid program quickly ser...

Though more have insurance and can see a doctor, Ky. shows little gain on health outcomes; Chandler says that takes time

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The percentage of Kentuckians without health insurance has dropped by more than half since the imple...